Barcelona striker Luis Suarez has opened up about the ‘pain’ of Liverpool’s failed title bid two seasons ago.

Speaking exclusively to former team-mate Jamie Carragher, the Uruguayan revealed exactly why he needed to leave to club as part of a £75million deal after a controversial World Cup campaign in 2014.

In the same year Liverpool came within three points of winning their first ever Premier League title but spectacularly crumbled with just four games remaining after defeat to Chelsea derailed their impressive form.

Recalling the night Liverpool famously three away a 3-0 lead away at Selhurst Park, Suarez knew that he and his team-mates had handed the title to rivals Manchester City.

‘That hurt. That hurt so much. We were so desperate to win it,’ Suarez told the Daily Mail. ‘I knew we had a unique opportunity and we were playing so well.

‘It was that desire to get more goals against Crystal Palace that let them back into it and killed us. I knew when we drew that game the league was lost. Everyone was sick.’